Stop Flirting, Your Teammates Are Taking You Seriously

The story timeline is getting a major overhaul, read with caution. Rewriting JPG 😭

A sharp-tongued bottom who plays up their pairing for clout x a mixed-heritage top who plays along

| Height difference | Build difference | A little push and pull with force |

Cha Pumin's pairing-for-clout career wasn't going smoothly. Just as he was about to give up and try something else, someone arrived and rekindled his hope.

A livestream showing only half a face instantly drew over ten thousand viewers. Their ordinary conversations had fans shipping them like crazy, and a video of the two winning a championship together racked up millions of likes across the internet...

With all that traffic practically handed to him, Cha Pumin said bluntly, "How could I not cash in on this?!"

He put his old experience to work: move closer, get touchy, and act sweet. After all that effort, he made the Qinpu pairing the most popular ship in the scene.

But what nobody could have expected was that his cold, aloof teammate would kiss him on the night he retired.

In a panic, Cha Pumin fled the club that very night. He thought he was escaping to freedom, but when he walked through the door, he found the culprit standing inside.

Straight into the tiger's den, huh?

With one foot already out the door, Cha Pumin knew running away wouldn't solve anything. After analyzing the situation, he concluded that his teammate had only fallen for him because he'd taken their fake pairing too far and made the act real, distorting his sexual orientation.

Taking responsibility for turning his teammate gay and then turning him straight again, Cha Pumin painstakingly brewed herbal medicine for the foreign guy every day. He simmered lotus seed, mung bean, and bitter melon soup, while introducing him to all kinds of female juniors.

Just when he thought he'd finally succeeded, a tender kiss landed on his lips as they waited for the results...

Cha Pumin exploded: "Dude, you never even drank the medicine!!!"

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Bonus Scene:

Playing up their pairing almost turned into selling himself, so Cha Pumin was now too scared to promote their ship at all. He kept making statements to distance himself from it.

Without the support of the ship fans, his livestream's popularity plummeted, and it became a playground for haters and trolls. Just as he was at a loss, Sui Qing, who rarely posted on Weibo, suddenly came online.

One post saved the popularity of Cha Pumin's livestream and sent them both trending as a couple:

[@ST_Blues: We've been together all along. I never meant to deceive the fans. We had a fight recently, but I'll make it up to him.]

Cha Pumin: OvO

...We've been together all along?

Does he know that? :)

[Reading Guide]

- 1v1, handsome top and adorable bottom, both head over heels for each other

- Resilient little-sunshine bottom, soft and cute but sharp-tongued x devoted, puppy-like top who will put his pride aside for love

- The top is Chinese. He dyes his hair and has mixed ancestry, but only inherited the eyes

- Set in the world of Identity V, with an alternate setting. You don't need to play the game to enjoy it

Growth-oriented FMVP rescue-role bottom (Cha Pumin, ID: Puerarin & CPM) x naturally gifted player top (Sui Qing, ID: Blues & Blues)

- Primarily romance, with a little esports (actually, the author is a troll: mostly trolling the top, and secondarily the bottom. Diao and his wife, may you be happy together forever 😋)

- No characters are based on real people

Premise: If you're going to promote a ship, go all in!